As of January 7th 2012 the recent tornado was the April 16 tornado that killed 3 people in Gloucester County, Virginia
As of May 4, 2012 the most recent confirmed tornado was on May 2, with possible tornadoes on May 3 and 4. None of these resulted in any deaths.
The most recent F5/EF5 tornado was the Moore, Oklahoma tornado of May 20, 2013.
Tornado of 1711, or Flood of 1245, or The End of World of 2012
The most recent tornado in the world is the outbreak (so far) is in the USA in most of May.
As of February 8, 2012 the most recent tornado to be reported (and confirmed in this case) was an EF1 near De Ridder, Louisiana on February 4.
As of May 21, 2012 the most recent tornadoes were part of a small outbreak in Kansas on May 19, with another, unrelated tornado touching down on the same day.
tornado hit the village of Moscow, Ohio, Friday, March 2, 2012.
No. As of the posting of this answer the most recent tornadoes in the U.S. were on September 16, 2010
As of September 10, 2012 the most recent tornado in the U.S. was a high-end EF1 that struck the Canarsie area of Brooklyn in New York City on September 8. This tornado came just a few minutes after an EF0 tornado struck the Breezy Point area of Queens.
As of the afternoon of April 14 2012 most recent confirmed tornado was in Yuba City, California on April 13. However as this answer is written a tornado outbreak is in progress and numerous tornadoes have been reported across parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska with more to come. It will take some time after this outbreak is over to determine the exact times and locations of the touch downs.
mostly in the southeast area